Prevalence and Associated Factors of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study

Adnan Lutfi Sarhan RN, MSc, PhD¹* *Corresponding author

¹Adnan Lutfi Sarhan, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health,

An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

²Manahil Saleh RN, MSc, Faculty of Graduate studies, Community Mental Health,

An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

Abstract. The rates of obsessive behaviors were increased during the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to the preventive precautions against this virus. The study aimed to identify the prevalence and associated factors of obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) during COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional design was used to assess the OCD among general population sample. A simple random sampling technique (n = 421) was used for data collection. The data collected using a questionnaire (Yale-Brown Scale) for OCD.

The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive behavior symptoms among the participants was (47.0%) during COVID-19 Pandemic. People with other diseases like hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and others were 2.4 times more likely to have OCD when compared to others from healthy people. Furthermore, who have COVID-19 were twice as likely to develop OCD as non-infected people. On the other hand, People who did not adhere to safety procedures were 0.31 times less likely to develop OCD than others who closely adhered to these procedures. Besides, the study showed that people previously diagnosed with OCD are at 4.95 times risk of worsening their condition during this pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has a negative impact on the behavior of the Palestinian population, the majority of the participants have symptoms of OCD, and who had OCD have worsened their condition during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key words: Prevalence, Obsessive, Compulsive, Behavior, OCD, COVID-19, Pandemic

Title

مؤتمر البحث الصحي الاول-وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية

Publisher

وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية

Publisher Country

Palestine

Publication Type

Prtinted only

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Year

2022

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